Daily Quiz Update- 28 January 2019

Samantha Express will run through Chaityabhoomi (Mumbai)- where Ambedkar was cremated, Mhow-Where Ambedkar was born, Bodhgaya- where Buddha got enlightenment, Sarnath- where Buddha taught Dhamma for the first time, Lumbini- where Buddha was born, Kushinagar- where Buddha got Nirvana, and Deekshabhoomi (Nagpur)- where Ambedkar converted to Buddhism.

LRSAM has been built by DRDO in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries for the Indian Navy.

The proposal to celebrate UP Divas was floated by Governor Ram Naik to celebrate the UP Divas on the lines of Maharashtra Day so that people know the history and culture of the state.

The Saraswati Samman, awarded for the first time in 1991 to Harivansh Rai Bachchan, is an annual award for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Sitanshu Yashaschandra is a Gujarati language poet, playwright, translator and academic from India has been awarded the 2017 Saraswati Samman for his poetry collection "Vakhar".

The first-ever Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar was awarded to the 8th NDRF Battalion on 23rd January 2019.